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Rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere and the resulting ocean acidification and warming will have direct consequences for marine calcifying organisms, as well as for organisms interrelated to the calcifying ones through complex biological networking processes. Cold-water coral ecosystems are predicted to be strongly affected in the long-term. These reefs deserve special attention, as they are hotspots of biodiversity and productivity.

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We have changed our name! We are now the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research project (IMBeR), and we have a new logo to reflect this. The three waves represent the link between the open ocean and the land, while the encompassing circle depicts humans who impact but are also impacted by the ocean. IMBeR is embarking on its next phase of research with even more focus on the integration of marine and human systems. A new science plan and implementation strategy that will direct IMBeR science towards “Ocean sustainability under global change for the benefit of society” is being finalised. IMBeR is a core project of the Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research (SCOR) and Future Earth, and has since its inception in 2005 focused on research at and across the boundaries of natural and social sciences. The IMBeR IPO has been hosted by IMR and supported by NRC since 2012.

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Marbank is a national marine biobank coordinating a network of marine collections in Norway. The mission of Marbank and the network is to provide national and international academia and industry with easy access to marine biodiversity, its associated data and extractable products. There is a special focus on samples for marine bioprospecting i.e. the systematic search for interesting and unique genes, molecules and organisms from the marine environment with features that could be useful to society and/or have potential for commercial development.

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The objective of the BarEcoRe project is to evaluate the effects of global environmental change on the future structure and resilience of the Barents Sea ecosystem. This will be studied by investigating the effects of past changes in climate and fisheries on the Barents Sea ecosystem, by developing indicators of ecosystem resilience, diversity and structure, and by forecasting the possible future states of the Barents Sea ecosystem under particular environmental and fisheries scenarios.

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Collective behaviour of penned herring (CollPen): Observing the collective behaviour and investigating the effect of various sound stimuli. The primary objective of this project is to understand the interaction between direct stimuli and information transfer between individuals in schooling fish and to understand how this affects the collective behaviour, with special emphasis on noise induced behaviour.

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“Nordic network: Climate impact on fish, fishery industry and management in the Nordic Seas” brings together experts from the Nordic countries with strong engagement in fisheries and land based industry related to resources in the Nordic seas. The network is an inter-disciplinary melting pot for natural, social and economic sciences and a forum between scientist and managers. The project runs from 2010-2013 and includes 40 participants from 13 institutions.

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The COPEwell project aims is to develop a new integrative framework for the study of fish welfare based on the concepts of allostasis, appraisal and coping styles. We want to provide a deeper understanding of the underpinning mechanisms involved in variation in individual coping styles and ability. The project will also focus on the understanding of how fish experience their world, and what effects early life experiences have on later development and coping abilities.

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Project summary: Understanding and being able to quantify dynamics of the Calanus species complex are crucial for producing realistic forecasts of the climate change effects on the north-east Atlantic ecosystem, including fish stocks.

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The Ecosystem Studies of Sub-Arctic Seas (ESSAS) Program addresses the need to understand how climate change will affect the marine ecosystems of the Sub-Arctic Seas and their sustainability. The Sub-Arctic Seas support stocks of commercial fish that generate a major portion of the fish landings of the nations bordering them. They also support subsistence fishers along their coasts, and vast numbers of marine birds and mammals. Climate-forced changes in these systems will have major economic and societal impact.

ESSAS conducts research to compare, quantify, and predict the impact of climate variability and global change on the productivity and sustainability of Sub-Artic marine ecosystems.

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The goal of the project is to investigate how we can combine acoustic observations with advanced behavioural models. By simulating the acoustic signal from the behavioural models will we investigate how the acoustic signal is affected by changes in behaviour, and whether it is possible to reconstruct the behaviour through the acoustic signal. In the cases that are possible, acoustic observations can be used to validate the theoretical models, while at the same time (in situ) correction factors may be established.

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LIFECYCLE is a large collaborative research project funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme. The project is funded within one of the major themes of the Cooperation part of the 7FP; Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology. The major aims of projects in this theme are to build a European Knowledge Based Bio-Economy (KBBE). In order to do so, focus is placed on areas where current knowledge is lacking and where research has to be carried out on a multinational scale for it to be really effective. One such area (or topic) identified was "Essential biological functions related to the most relevant stages of aquaculture fish life-history",

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In Norway farmed fish are protected by the same welfare legislations as land animals. However, since there are no established methods to assess or document fish welfare, it is impossible to know how to comply with these regulations or control or enforce them. To address this need, we will construct an integrating model and tool for overall welfare assessment of farmed Atlantic salmon.

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The main objective for this project is to enable the institute to host a wide suite of marine data, and to make them readily available to researchers and other users. As a first step, a general infrastructure is developed and applied for our field operations. This is a part of IMR’s contribution to the upcoming national marine data centre (NMDC).

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The main objectives of LowFreq is to study performance of navy sonars on the new Norwegian frigates and a parametric sonar (TOPAS) in long range biomass testing as well as testing how such systems affect the behavior of fish and marine mammals.

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The main objective of NorArgo is an ocean observation system for the Nordic Seas, with autonomous profiling floats, that delivers high-quality in-situ data, in near-real time, and at any time, as a part of a worldwide monitoring program.